GMAT Ninja Series 3, Video 2: Word Problem Bootcamp Pt. 1: Percents, Ratios, & 'Direct' Translation

#GMAT word translations can be tricky and deceptive, but the GMAT sometimes gives you an opportunity to translate a quant question into nice, clean algebra. Learn how to gratefully accept the GMAT's gift of a "direct" algebraic translation when it's available on percents, ratios, rates, conversions, and other GMAT word problems.
Part 1 in GMAT Ninja's 4-part series on GMAT quant word problems.

0:00 Intro & Agenda of the session
6:05 Question #1
10:01 Question #2
14:12 Question #3
17:15 Question #4
20:55 Question #5
27:20 Question #6
31:18 Question #7
35:04 Question #8
38:55 Question #9
45:19 Question #10
53:03 Question #11

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[NehaChandrachud-hpxv]

Absolutely dig your occasional humor! So much fun to see your videos :)

[gayatri]

Thank you so much GMAT Club and GMAT Ninja! This video restored my confidence level to solve 650 level Q.

[priyasingh]

you totally get the nerves of our feelings when it comes to gmat . Your videos motivate me and are always fun to watch. you are awsome GMATNINJA .

[willi_]

Thank you so much for this series, exactly what I needed.

[ashishsinha]

Last 2 questions were very difficult. Thanks Mr. Charles for the class.

[raunaksukhadeve]

Charles @GMAT Ninja, i think we can use your weighted average method in the last question

[honest_bishop]

Aaaah gmat questions are so easy. It's the tricks and time pressure that kills our score

[adamg]

I normally am delighted for the verbal workshops, and I have some struggle with the WP part of GMAT quant, and quant is not my strength at all (which is the source of why I'm gonna complain a little)! I've been quite disappointed about the rush concerning explanation, because I am absolutely sure that some people with average or below average quant skills will not understand all the steps that have been given in the explanations :( 5/10 minutes at the start and a few extra seconds during correction to explain a bit more about these algebra operations would have been extremely valuable! I hope that this point will be taken into consideration to make these webinars even more valuable to dozens of students in my situation ;) take care guys, and keep up with the valuable content!

Best regards :)

[houdasrhir]

Thank you so much for this video. It is very helpful. I hesitated at first to comment over the example of the pig that you turned into bacon but then the hat made of meat!!! Was it necessary to use examples with wording that encourage crualty against animals?!

[nagabalakrishnan]

Thanks Charles, you are a gifted teacher :)

[hemantbafna]

For the last question won’t it be easy to use weighted average?

[benhobbs]

Something very rare happened during this video, Charles made a mistake. Live chats lives forever ;)

[MotivationSuccess-ittz]

i think question 8 should have said 40 percent OFF the original price instead of 40 percent OF the original price